Defense Authorization and Appropriations Bills: FY1970-FY2006

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Order Code 98-756 C

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Defense Authorization and Appropriations Bills:

FY1970-FY2006

Updated June 13, 2006

Thomas Coipuram Jr.

Information Research Specialist

Knowledge Services Group

Congressional Research Service ˜ The Library of Congress

Defense Authorization and Appropriations Bills:

FY1970-FY2006

Summary

The passage of the Department of Defense (DOD) authorization and

appropriations bills through Congress often does not follow the course laid out in

textbooks on legislative procedure. Tracking DOD authorization or appropriation

bills can often be confusing and time-consuming; this has been particularly true in

recent years, when continuing resolutions (CRs) containing the DOD and other

appropriation bills have been passed in lieu of the traditional 12 appropriations bills

for the entire U.S. government.

This report is a research aid, which lists the DOD authorization bills (Table 1)

and appropriations bills (Table 2) for FY1970-FY2006. This report includes all the

pertinent information on the passage of these bills through the legislative process:

bill numbers, report numbers, dates reported and passed, recorded vote numbers and

vote tallies, dates of passage of the conference reports with their numbers and votes,

vetoes, substitutions, dates of final passage, and public law numbers. Table 3 shows

real growth or decline in national defense funding for FY1940-FY2009. Table 4

gives a more detailed picture of both regular and supplemental defense appropriations

from the 103rd Congress to the 109th Congress, first session (FY1993-FY2005). Table

5 shows the President’s DOD appropriations budget requests for FY1950-FY2005

vs. final amount enacted. Finally, key definitions are included. This report will be

updated as legislative activity warrants.

Contents

The DOD Authorization-Appropriations Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

List of Tables

Table 1. Authorization Bills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Table 2. Appropriation Bills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Table 3. Real Growth/Decline in National Defense Funding,

FY1940-FY2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Table 4. National Defense Appropriations Since FY1993- FY2005 . . . . . . . . . 23

Table 5. Congressional Action on Annual Department of Defense

Appropriations Requests, FY1950-FY2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Defense Authorization and Appropriations

Bills: FY1970-FY2006

The DOD Authorization-Appropriations Process

Congress oversees the defense budget primarily through two yearly bills: the

defense authorization and defense appropriations bills. Tables 1 and 2 present the

Department of Defense (DOD) authorization and appropriations bills. The

authorization bill establishes the agencies responsible for defense and sets the

policies under which money will be spent: it authorizes the money to be spent. The

appropriations bill actually appropriates the money.

Ideally, the authorization-appropriations process should proceed in an orderly

sequence with each step of the process generating a part of the paper trail. All of

these steps should be documented in the Congressional Record as well as in many

other official documents of Congress, in private publications such as Congressional

Quarterly Weekly Report and United States Code Congressional and Administrative

News (USCCAN), and on the Internet [http://thomas.loc.gov/].

In the simplest case, the process begins with the President’s submitting his

proposal (initially formulated by DOD and formally submitted by the President

through the White House Office of Management and Budget) to the defense

authorizing and appropriations committees.

Then, for example, for the defense authorization bill, hearings are held by the

appropriate House committees and subcommittees. The bill is marked up and an

authorization bill is reported out, usually with a written, numbered report. This bill

is debated in the House, amended or not as the case may be, and passed by the House

with the vote noted in the Congressional Record. In the simplest situation, this bill

would then be sent to the Senate, debated, and passed. However, the Senate can

amend the House bill or report out its own bill, debate, amend, and pass it.

If each chamber passes its own version, the stage is set for a conference

committee to harmonize the two versions. This usually results in a printed

conference report, which is then voted on by each chamber to complete congressional

action on the bill, which then is sent to the President for his consideration.

Ideally, after the authorization bill is passed, the appropriations bill goes through

this same process. Although conceptually a sequential process, authorization and

appropriations bills can be considered at the same time or even passed in reverse

order.

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Other patterns also emerge. For instance, the Senate can report out a bill, then

substitute the text of the Senate bill for the text of the bill passed by the House while

retaining the House bill number. The House can also use this procedure. A Senate

or House bill can also have part of the other chamber’s bill inserted into it, or can be

so heavily amended that it is unclear whether it is the Senate or House bill that is

really being passed.

Other circumstances can also occur, which make it hard to track a bill and its

contents. Bills are sometimes reported out without reports. Instead of recorded

votes, in which each Member is recorded as voting for or against the bill, voice votes

can be taken, in which no individual Member’s vote can be identified. Bills can be

approved by unanimous consent even though they may contain thousands of separate

provisions, thus making it impossible to say for sure if a Member really supported a

particular provision. Senate bills can be reported out before House bills. An

appropriations bill can be passed before an authorization bill.

Sometimes, after the September 30 fiscal year deadline has passed and work has

not been completed on the regular appropriations bills, Congress passes a continuing

resolution (CR) instead of some or all of the 12 separate bills that fund the operations

of the government. The CR can be temporary or permanent. Each year is unique,

and it is rare that the “usual” pattern is followed.

There are several types of votes: voice votes, teller votes, division votes, unanimous

consent votes, but only when there is a recorded vote will there be a vote number and

vote tally in the Congressional Record. The section below is based on “Methods of

Voting in the House and Senate: Putting Member’s Positions on the Record,” from

Congressional Quarterly’s Guide to Congress, 4th ed. (1991), pp. 430-431.

Methods of Voting

Division vote — those in favor or opposed stand, and the chair takes

a head count: only vote totals are announced and there is no record

of how individual Members voted.

Recorded vote — Members vote electronically, each recorded vote

is given a sequential number and vote totals plus how each Member

voted are recorded in the Congressional Record.

Teller vote — an older method in which Members were counted as

they passed between chair appointed tellers for the “ayes” and

“noes”; only vote totals announced and no record of how individual

Members voted.

Unanimous consent vote — usually reserved for non-controversial

legislation.

Voice vote — the presiding officer calls for the “ayes” and then the

“noes,” Members shout in chorus on one side or the other, and the

chair decides the result.

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Table 1. Authorization Bills

Authorization — House

Report #

Date Reported

Authorization — Senate

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Conf. Rept. #

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Report #

Date Reported

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Laws

Conf. Rept. #

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Public Law

Signed

H.R.

1970

14000

91-522

9/26/69

Sa 10/3/69

# 200

(y311-n44)

91-607

11/5/69

(vv)

2546

91-290

7/3/69

9/18/69

# 95

(y81-n5)

91-607

11/6/69

# 141

(y58-n9)

91-121

11/19/69

1971

17123

91-1022

4/24/70

5/6/70

# 104

(y326-n69)

91-1473

# 320

9/29/70

(y341-n11)

—

91-1016

7/14/70

9/1/70

# 282

(y84-n5)

91-1473

10/1/70

(vv)

91-441

10/7/70

1972

8687

92-232

5/26/71

6/17/71

# 146

(y332-n58)

92-618

11/10/71

(vv)

—

92-359

9/7/71

10/6/71

# 257

(y82-n4)

92-618

11/11/71

# 309

(y65-n19)

92-156

11/17/71

1973

15495

92-1149

6/19/72

6/27/72

# 235

(y334-n59)

92-1388

9/13/72

# 361

(y336-n43)

—

92-962b

6/29/72

S 8/2/72

# 341

(y92-n5)

92-1388

9/15/72

# 433

(y73-n5)

92-436

9/26/72

1974

9286

93-383

7/18/73

7/31/73

# 411

(y367-n37)

93-588

10/31/73

(vv)

—

93-385

9/6/73

10/1/73

# 448

(y91-n7)

93-588

11/5/73

# 476

(y69-n12)

93-155

11/16/3

CRS-4

Authorization — House

Report #

Date Reported

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Authorization — Senate

Conf. Rept. #

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Report #

Date Reported

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Laws

Conf. Rept. #

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

H.R.

1975

14592

93-1035

5/10/74

5/22/74

# 242

(y358-n37)

93-1212

7/29/74

# 412

(y305-n38)

3000

93-884

5/29/74

Hc 6/11/74

# 248

(y84-n6)

93-1212

7/30/74

# 333

(y88-n8)

1976

6674

94-199

5/10/75

5/20/75

# 235

(y332-n64)

94-413

7/30/75

# 454

(y348- n60)

920

94-146

5/19/75

Hd 6/6/75

# 214

(y77-n6)

94-413

8/1/75

# 374

(y42 n-48)

94-488

9/24/75

(vv)

—

94-488

9/26/75

# 424

(y63-n7)

Public Law

Signed

93-365

8/5/74

94-106

10/7/75

1977

12438

94-967

3/26/76

4/9/76

# 187

(y298-n52)

94-1305

6/30/76

# 493

(y339-n66)

—

94-878

5/14/76

5/26/76

# 200

(y76-n2)

94-1305

7/1/76

# 375

(y78-n12)

94-361

7/14/76

1978

5970

95-194

4/7/77

4/25/77

# 151

(y347-n43)

95-446

7/13/77

# 409

(y350-n40)

—

95-282

6/21/77

5/17/77

# 144

(y90-n3)

95-446

7/14/77

(vv)

95-79

7/30/77

1979

10929

95-1118

5/6/78

5/24/78

# 372

(y319-n67)

95-1402

8/4/78

(vv)

2571

95-826

5/15/78

He 7/11/78

# 203

(y87-n2)

95-1402

8/4/78

(vv)

VETO

8/17/78

CRS-5

Authorization — House

H.R.

Report #

Date Reported

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Authorization — Senate

Conf. Rept. #

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Report #

Date Reported

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Laws

Conf. Rept. #

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Public Law

Signed

14042

95-1573

9/15/78

Sf 10/4/78

# 872

(y367-n22)

3486

95-1197

9/15/78

S 9/26/78

# 406

(y89-n3)

95-485

10/20/78

1980

4040

96-166

5/15/79

Sh 9/14/79

# 472

(y282-n46)

96-546

10/26/79

# 610

(y300-n26)

428

96-197

5/31/79

S 6/13/79

# 127

(y89-n7)

96-546

10/24/79

(vv)

96-107

11/9/79

1981

6974

96-916

4/30/80

5/21/80

# 250

(y338-n62)

96-1222

8/26/80

# 489

(y360-n49)

—

96-826

6/20/80

7/2/80

# 295

(y84-n3)

96-1222

8/26/80

# 384

(y78-n2)

96-342

9/8/80

1982

3519

97-71, pt. 1i

5/19/81

7/16/81

# 140

(y354-n63)

97-311

11/17/81

# 309

(y335-n61)

815

97-58

5/6/81

5/14/81

# 119

(y92-n1)

97-311

11/5/81

(vv)

97-86

12/1/81

1983

6030

97-482

4/13/82

7/29/82

# 232

(y290-n73)

97-749

8/18/82

# 297

(y251-n148)

2248

97-330

4/13/82

5/13/82

# 120

(y84-n8)

97-749

8/17/82

# 331

(y77-n21)

97-252

9/8/82

1984

2969

98-107

5/11/83

Sl 7/29/83

# 275

(y305-n114)

98-352

9/15/83

# 339

(y266-n152)

675

98-174

7/5/83

7/26/83

# 221

(y83-n15)

98-352

9/13/83

# 244

(y83-n8)

98-94

9/24/83

CRS-6

Authorization — House

Report #

Date Reported

Authorization — Senate

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Conf. Rept. #

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Report #

Date Reported

Laws

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Conf. Rept. #

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Public Law

Signed

H.R.

1985

5167

98-691

4/19/84

5/31/84

# 204

(y298-n98)

98-1080

9/26/84

(vv)

2723

98-500

5/31/84

Hm 6/20/84

# 152

(y82-n6)

98-1080

9/27/84

(vv)

98-525

10/19/84

1986

1872

99-81

5/10/85

Sn 6/27/85

(vv)

99-235

10/29/85

(vv)

1160

No Report

5/16/85

6/5/85

# 106

(y92-n3)

99-235

7/30/85

# 167

(y94-n5)

99-145

11/8/85

1987

4428

99-718

7/25/86

So 9/18/86

# 358

(y255-n152)

99-1001

10/15/86

# 467

(y283-n128)

2638

99-331

S 7/8/86

8/9/86

#207

(y86-n3)

98-1001

10/15/86

(vv)

99-661

11/14/86

1988

1748

100-58

4/15/87

5/20/87

# 141

(y239-n177)

100-466

11/18/87

# 440

(y264-n158)

1174

100-57

S 5/8/87

Sp 10/2/87

# 300

(y56-n42)

100-466

11/19/87

# 384

(y86-n9)

100-180

12/4/87

1989

4264

100-563

4/5/88

5/11/88

# 126

(y252-n172)

100-753

7/14/88

# 233

(y229-n83)

2355

100-326

5/4/88

Hq 5/27/88

(vv)

100-753

7/14/88

# 252

(y64-n30)

VETO

8/3/88

4481r

100-735s

6/28/88

7/12/88

(vv)

100-989

9/28/88

# 359

(y369-n48)

2749

8/11/88

(vv)

H 9/15/88

(vv)

100-989

9/28/88

# 340

(y91-n4)

100-456

9/29/88

CRS-7

Authorization — House

Report #

Date Reported

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Authorization — Senate

Conf. Rept. #

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Report #

Date Reported

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Laws

Conf. Rept. #

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Public Law

Signed

H.R.

1990

2461

101-121

7/1/89

7/27/89

# 185

(y261-n162)

101-331

11/9/89

# 343

(y236-n172)

1352

101-81

7/19/89

Ht 8/2/89

# 161

(y95-n4)

101-331

11/15/89

# 299

(y91-n8)

101-189

11/29/89

1991

4739

101-665

8/3/90

9/19/90

# 352

(y56-n155)

101-923

10/24/90

# 517

(y271-n156)

2884

101-384

7/20/90

Hu 8/4/90

# 227

(y79-n16)

101-923

10/26/90

# 320

(y80-n17)

101-510

11/5/90

1992

2100

102-60

5/13/91

5/22/91

# 110

(y268-n161)

102-311

11/18/91

# 400

(y329-n82)

1507

102-113

H 7/19/91

Hv 8/2/91

(vv)

102-311

11/22/91

# 265

(y79-n15)

102-190

12/5/91

1993

5006

102-527

5/19/92

6/5/92

# 172

(y198-n168)

102-966

10/3/92

# 461

(y304-n100)

3114

102-352

7/31/92

Hw 9/19/92

(vv)

102-966

10/5/92

(vv)

102-484

10/23/92

1994

2401

103-200

7/30/93

9/29/93

# 474

(y268-n162)

103-357

11/15/93

# 565

(y273-n135)

1298

103-112

7/27/93

Hx 9/4/93

# 265

(y92-n7)

103-357

11/17/93

# 380

(y77-n22)

103-160

11/30/93

1995

4301

103-499

5/10/94

6/9/94

# 226

(y260-n158)

103-701

Sy 8/17/94

# 404

(y280-n137)

2182

103-282

6/14/94

7/1/94z

(vv)

103-701

9/13/94

# 297

(y80-n18)

103-337

10/5/94

CRS-8

Authorization — House

H.R.

1996

1530

Report #

Date Reported

104-131

6/1/95

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Authorization — Senate

Conf. Rept. #

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Report #

Date Reported

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Laws

Conf. Rept. #

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Public Law

Signed

6/15/95

# 385

(y300-n126)

104-406

12/15/95

# 865

(y267-n149)

1026

104-112

7/12/95

H 9/6/95

# 399

(y64-n34)

104-406

12/19/95

# 608

(y51-n43)

VETO

12/28/95

S 1/5/96

(vv)

104-450

1/24/96

# 16

(y287-n129)

1124aa

No Report

8/7/95

9/6/95

(vv)bb

104-450

1/26/96

(y56-n34)

104-106

2/10/96

1997

3230

104-563

5/7/96

5/15/96

# 174

(y272-n153)

104-724

8/1/96

# 397

(y285-n132)

1745

104-261

5/13/96

Hcc 7/10/96

# 187

(y68-n31)

104-724

9/10/96

# 279

(y73-n26)

104-201

9/23/96

1998

1119

105-132

6/16/97

6/25/97

# 236

(y304-n120)

105-340

10/28/97

# 534

(y268-n123)

936

No Report

6/18/97

Hdd 7/11/97

# 173

(y94-n4)

105-340

11/6/97

# 296

(y90-n10)

105-85

11/18/97

1999

3616

105-532

5/12/98

5/21/98

# 183

(y357-n60)

105-736

9/24/98

# 458

(y373-n50)

2057

No Report

5/11/98

Hee 6/25/98

# 181

(y88-n4)

105-736

10/1/98

# 293

(y96-n2)

105-261

10/17/98

2000

1401

106-162

5/24/99

Sff 6/14/99

(uc)

106-301

9/15/99

# 424

(y375-n45)

1059

106-50

5/17/99

5/27/99

# 154

(y92-n3)

106-301

9/22/99

# 284

(y93-n5)

106-65

10/5/99

CRS-9

Authorization — House

Report #

Date Reported

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Authorization — Senate

Conf. Rept. #

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Report #

Date Reported

Laws

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Conf. Rept. #

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Public Law

Signed

H.R.

2001

4205

106-616

5/12/00

5/18/00

# 208

(y353-n63)

106-945

10/11/00

# 522

(y382-n31)

2549

106-292

5/12/00

Hgg

7/13/00

# 179

(y97-n3)

106-945

10/12/00

# 275

(y90-n3)

106-398

10/30/00

2002

2586

107-194

9/4/01

Shh

10/17/01

(uc)

107-333

12/13/01

# 496

(y382-n40)

1438

No Report

9/19/01

10/2/01

# 290

(y99-n0)

107-333

12/13/01

# 369

(y96-n2)

107-107

12/28/01

2003

4546

107-436

5/3/02

5/10/02

# 158

y359-n58

107-772

11/12/02

2514

107-151

5/15/02

Hii

6/27/02

107-772

11/13/03

107-314

12/2/02

2004

1588

108-106

5/16/03

5/22/03

#221

(y361-n68)

108-354

11/7/03

# 617

(y362-n40, 2

present)

1050

108-46

5/13/03

Hjj

6/4/03

108-354

11/12/03

#447

(y95-n3)

108-136

11/24/03

2005

4200

108-491

5/14/04

5/20/04

#206

(y391-n34)

108-767

10/9/04

# 528

(y359-n14)

2400

108-260

5/11/04

Hkk

6/23/04

108-767

10/9/04

108-375

10/28/04

2006

1815

109-89

5/20/05

5/25/05

#222

(y390-n39)

109-360

12/19/05

#665

1042

109-69

5/17/05

Hll

11/15/05

#326

(y98-n0)

109-360

12/21/05

109-163

1/6/06

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Abbreviations and Symbols:

H indicates that the Senate passed a bill with a House resolution number,

S indicates that the House passed a bill with a Senate resolution number; 1

( — ) dashes mean no original Senate bill, House bill number used;

vv = voice vote, uc = unanimous consent vote, dv = a division vote.

Notes:

After passing H.R. 14000 by recorded vote # 200, the House passed S. 2546 by voice vote and laid H.R. 14000 on the table.

Senate reported out a substitute bill for H.R. 15495 as passed the House.

Senate substituted text of S. 3000, then passed H.R. 14592 in lieu.

Senate passed H.R. 6674 in lieu of S. 920.

Senate passed H.R. 10929 in lieu of S. 2571.

House passed S. 3486 amended in lieu of H.R. 14042.

Senate agreed to House amendments. No conference was held.

House passed H.R. 4040, laid it on the table by voice vote, then passed S. 428 in lieu by voice vote.

H.R. 3519 had a three-part report; this date is for the earliest report.

House passed S. 815 in lieu of H.R. 3519.

House laid H.R. 6030 on the table and passed S. 2248 in lieu.

House inserted text of H.R. 2969 into S. 675, then passed it by voice vote.

m. Senate substituted text of S. 2723, then passed H.R. 5167.

House passed S. 1160, amended, in lieu of H.R. 1872.

House inserted text of H.R. 4428, then passed S. 2638.

Senate inserted text of S. 1174, then passed H.R. 1748.

Senate folded text of S. 2355 into H.R. 4264, then passed it.

After the initial bill was vetoed, an amended version was added to an existing bill on military base closures — H.R. 4481.

H.R. 4481 had a four-part report; the date is that of the earliest report.

Senate inserted text of S. 1352, then passed H.R. 2461.

Senate inserted text of S. 2884, then passed H.R. 4739.

Senate inserted text of S. 1507, then passed H.R. 2100.

w. Senate inserted text of S. 3114, then passed H.R. 5006.

Senate inserted text of S. 1298, then passed H.R. 2401.

House passed S. 2182 by voice vote on 7/25/94 after substituting the text of H.R. 4301 as passed the House.

Senate inserted text of S. 2182, then passed H.R. 4301.

aa. After veto of H.R. 1530 and failure to override, an amended conference report on S. 1124 was passed. The President signed P.L. 104-106 on 2/10/96.

bb. Senate struck all but the enacting clause and substituted division A of S. 1026.

cc. Senate substituted text of S. 1745, then passed H.R. 3230.

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dd.

ee.

ff.

gg.

hh.

ii.

jj.

kk.

ll.

Senate passed S. 936, inserted text of S. 936 into H.R. 1119, then passed H.R. 1119 by voice vote.

Senate passed S. 2057 by roll call vote # 181 on 6/25/98, then struck all but the enacting clause of H.R. 3616, inserted the text of S. 2057, then passed H.R. 3616 on 6/25/98

by unanimous consent.

House passed H.R. 1401 on 6/10/99 by roll call vote # 191, 365-58, then the bill was laid on the table. Subsequently, on 6/14/00 the House struck all but the enacting clause

of S. 1059, substituted the text of H.R. 1401, and passed S.1059 without objection.

Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S.2549 amended, then passed H.R. 4205 in lieu of S. 2549 with an amendment. H.R. 4205

enacted into law the text of H.R. 5408 as introduced on 10/6/00.

House struck all after the enacting clause, substituted the text of H.R. 2586 which had passed the House on 9/28 by a vote of y398-n17 (#359) and passed S. 1438 (which

replaced S.1416, which had been reported out with Report 107-62 on 9/12) without objection.

Senate struck all after the enacting clause, then substituted text of S. 2514 as amended and passed by the Senate on 6/27 by a vote of y97-n2 ( # 165), and passed H.R.

4546.

Senate struck all after the enacting clause, then substituted the text of S. 1050 which had passed the Senate on 5/22 by a vote of y98-n1 (#194), and passed H.R. 1588.

Senate struck all after the enacting clause, then substituted the text of S. 2400 which had passed the Senate on 6/23/04 by a vote of y 97-n0 (#146), and passed H.R. 2400.

Senate struck all after the enacting clause, then substituted the text of S. 1042 which had passed the Senate on 11/15/05 by a vote of y 98-n0 (#326), and passed H.R. 1815.

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Table 2. Appropriation Bills

Appropriations — House

Report #

Date Reported

Appropriations — Senate

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Conf. Rept. #

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Report #

Date Reported

Laws

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Conf. Rept. #

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Public Law

Signed

H.R.

1970

15090

91-698

12/3/69

12/8/69

# 306

(y330-n33)

91-766

12/18/69

(vv)

—

91-607

12/12/69

12/15/69

# 241

(y85-n4)

91-766

12/18/69

(vv)

91-171

12/29/69

1971

19590

91-1570

10/6/70

10/8/70

# 338

(y274-n31)

91-1799a

12/29/70

# 452

(y234-n18)

—

91-1392

12/3/70

12/8/70

# 417

(y89-n0)

91-1799

12/29/70

# 457

(y70-n2)

91-668

1/11/71

1972

11731

92-666

11/11/71

11/17/71

# 402

(y343-n51)

92-754

12/15/71

# 466

(y293-n39)

—

92-498

11/18/71

11/23/71

# 396

(y80-n5)

92-754

12/15/71

(vv)

92-204

12/18/71

1973

16593

92-1389

9/11/72

9/14/72

# 368

(y322-n41)

92-1566

10/12/72

# 434

(y316-n42)

—

92-1243

9/29/72

10/2/72

# 496

(y70-n5)

92-1566

10/13/72

(vv)

92-570

10/26/72

1974

11575

93-662

11/26/73

11/30/73

# 610

(y336-n23)

93-741

12/20/73

# 712

(y336-n32)

—

93-617

12/12/73

12/13/73

# 581

(y89-n2)

93-741

12/20/73

(vv)

93-238

½/74

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Appropriations — House

Report #

Date Reported

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Appropriations — Senate

Conf. Rept. #

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Report #

Date Reported

Laws

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Conf. Rept. #

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

H.R.

1975

16243

93-1255

8/1/74

8/6/74

# 455

(y350-n43)

93-1363

7/23/74

# 534

(y293-n59)

—

93-1104

8/16/74

8/21/74

# 376

(y86-n5)

93-1363

9/24/74

(vv)

1976

9861

94-517

9/25/75

10/2/75

# 575

(y353-n61)

94-710

12/12/75

# 777

(y314-n57)

—

94-446

11/6/75

11/18/75

# 505

(y87-n7)

94-710

12/17/75

# 602

(y87-n9)

1/27/76b

# 21

(y323-n99)

Public Law

Signed

93-437

10/8/74

94-212

2/9/76

1977

14262

94-1231

6/8/76

6/17/76

# 401

(y331-n53)

94-1475

9/9/76

# 702

(y323-n45)

—

94-1046

7/22/76

8/9/76

# 511

(y82-n6)

94-1475

9/13/76

(vv)

94-419

9/22/76

1978

7933

95-451

6/21/77

6/30/77

# 402

(y333-n54)

95-565

9/8/77

# 516

(y361-n36)

—

95-325

7/1/77

7/19/77

# 308

(y91-n2)

95-565

9/9/77

(vv)

95-111

9/21/77

1979

13635

95-1398

7/27/78

8/9/78

# 665

(y339-n60)

95-1764

10/12/78

(vv)

—

95-1264

10/2/78

10/5/78

# 445

(y86-n3)

95-1764

10/12/78

# 487

(y77-n3)

95-457

10/13/78

CRS-14

Appropriations — House

Report #

Date Reported

Appropriations — Senate

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Conf. Rept. #

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Report #

Date Reported

Laws

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Conf. Rept. #

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Public Law

Signed

H.R.

1980

5359

96-450

9/20/79

9/28/79

# 522

(y305-n49)

96-696

12/12/79

(vv)

—

96-393

11/1/79

11/9/79

# 401

(y73-n3)

96-696

12/13/79

(vv)

96-154

12/21/79

1981

8105

96-1317

9/11/80

9/16/80

# 549

(y351-n42)

96-1528

12/4/80

# 673

(y321-n36)

—

96-1020

11/19/80

11/21/80

# 483

(y73-n1)

96-1528

12/5/80

# 510

(y73-n1)

96-527

12/15/80

1982

4995

97-333

11/16/81

11/18/81

# 320

(y335-n61)

97-410

12/15/81

# 363

(y334-n84)

1857

97-273

11/17/81

H 12/4/81

# 456

(y84-n5)

97-410

12/15/81

# 489

(y93-n4)

97-114

12/29/81

1983

7355

97-943

12/2/82

12/8/82

# 425

(y346-n68)

2951

97-580

9/23/82

H.J.Res.

631c

97-959

12/10/82

12/14/82

# 451

(y204-n200)

97-980

12/20/82

(y232-n54)

(dv)

No Report

12/15/82

12/19/82

# 455

(y63-n31)

97-980

12/20/82

# 459

(y55-n41)

97-377

12/21/82

1984

4185

98-427

10/20/83

11/2/83

# 443

(y328-n97)

98-567

11/18/83

# 531

(y311-n99)

2039

98-292

11/1/83

Hd 11/8/83

# 344

(y86-n6)

98-567

11/18/83

# 380

(y75-n6)

98-212

12/8/83

1985

6329

98-1086

9/26/84

3026

96-636

9/26/84

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Appropriations — House

1986

1987

H.R.

H.J.Res.

648e

98-1030

9/17/84

9/25/84f

# 421

(y316-n91)

3629

99-332

10/24/8

10/30/85

# 379

(y359-n67)

H.J.Res.

465c

99-403

11/21/85

12/4/85

# 427

(y212-n208)

5438

99-793

8/14/86

H.J.Res.

738c

1988

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Report #

Date Reported

100-410

10/28/87

H.J.Res.

395b

100-415

10/29/87

Conf. Rept. #

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

98-1159

10/10/84

(dv)

(y252-n60)

—

12/3/87

# 458

(y248-n170)

104-498

12/22/87

# 510

(y209-n208)

Conf. Rept. #

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

98-1159

9/27/84

10/4/84

(vv)

98-1159

10/11/84

# 287

(y78-n11)

98-473

10/12/84

12/10/85

(vv)

99-450

12/19/95

(vv)

99-190

12/19/85

10/3/86

# 330

(y82-n13)

99-1005

10/17/86

(vv)

99-59141

10/30/86

12/11/87

# 414

(y72-n21)

100-498

12/22/87

# 420

(y59-n30)

100-202

12/22/87

Public Law

Signed

99-176

11/6/85

99-446

9/17/86

99-500

9/29/86

99-1005

10/15/86

# 472

(y235-n172)

Laws

Report #

Date Reported

No Report

12/5/85

99-450

12/19/85

# 476

(y261-n137)

2827

9/25/86

# 417

(y201-n200)

3576

Appropriations — Senate

1923

100-235

12/4/87

—

100-238

12/8/87

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Appropriations — House

Report #

Date Reported

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Appropriations — Senate

Conf. Rept. #

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Report #

Date Reported

Laws

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Conf. Rept. #

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Public Law

Signed

H.R.

1989

4781

100-681

6/10/88

6/21/88

# 193

(y360-n53)

100-1002

9/30/88

# 372

(y327-n77)

—

100-402

H 6/24/88

H 8/11/88

# 308

(y90-n4)

100-1002

9/30/88

(vv)

100-463

10/1/88

1990

3072

101-208

8/1/89

8/4/89

# 218

(y312-n105)

101-345

11/15/89

(vv)

—

101-132

9/14/89

9/29/89

# 217

(y96-n2)

101-345

11/17/89

(vv)

101-165

11/21/89

1991

5803

101-822

10/10/90

10/12/90

# 455

(y322-n97)

101-938

10/25/90

(vv)

3189

101-521

10/11/90

10/16/90

# 273

(y79-n16)

101-938

10/26/90

# 319

(y80-n17)

101-511

11/5/90

1992

2521

102-95

6/4/91

6/7/91

# 145

(y273-n105)

102-328

11/20/91

(vv)

—

102-154

9/20/91

9/26/91

(vv)

102-328

11/23/91

# 272

(y66-n29)

102-172

11/26/91

1993

5504

102-627

6/29/92

7/2/92

# 266

(y328-n94)

102-1015

10/5/92

(vv)

—

102-408

9/17/92

9/23/92

# 229

(y86-n10)

102-1015

10/5/92

(vv)

102-396

10/6/92

1994

3116

103-254

9/22/93

9/30/93

# 480

(y325-n102)

103-339

11/10/93

(vv)

—

103-153

10/4/93

10/21/93

(vv)

103-339

11/10/93

# 368

(y88-n9)

103-139

11/11/93

CRS-17

Appropriations — House

Report #

Date Reported

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Appropriations — Senate

Conf. Rept. #

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Report #

Date Reported

Laws

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Conf. Rept. #

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

103-747

9/29/94

(vv)

103-335

9/30/94

104-344

11/16/95

# 579

(y59-n39)

104-61j

12/1/95

H.R.

1995

4650

103-562

6/27/94

6/29/94

# 313

(y330-n91)

103-747

9/29/94

# 446

(y327-n86)

—

103-321

7/29/94

8/11/94

# 282

(y86-n14)

1996

2126

140-208

7/27/95

9/7/95

# 646

(y294-n125)

104-261

9/29/95

# 700

(y151-n267)

1087

104-124

7/28/95

Hi 9/5/95

# 397

(y62-n35)

104-344

11/16/95

# 806

(y270-n158)

—

Public Law

Signed

1997

3610

104-617

6/11/96

6/13/96

# 247

(y278-n126)

104-863

9/28/96

# 455

(y370-n37)

1894

104-286

6/20/96

Hk 7/18/96

# 200

(y72-n27)

104-863

9/30/96

(vv)

104-208

9/30/96

1998

2266

105-206

7/25/97

7/29/97

# 338

(y322-n105)

105-265

9/25/97

# 442

(y356-n65)

1005

105-45

7/10/97

Hl 7/15/97

# 176

(y94-n4)

105-265

9/25/97

# 258

(y93-n5)

105-56m

10/8/97

1999

4103

105-591

6/22/98

6/24/98

# 266

(y358-n61)

105-746

9/28/98

# 471

(y369-n43)

2132

105-200

6/4/98

Hn 7/30/98

# 252

(y97-n2)

105-746

9/29/98

# 291

(y94-n2)

105-262

10/17/98

CRS-18

Appropriations — House

Report #

Date Reported

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Appropriations — Senate

Conf. Rept. #

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Report #

Date Reported

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Laws

Conf. Rept. #

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

Public Law

Signed

H.R.

2000

2561

106-244

7/20/99

7/22/99

# 334

(y379-n45)

106-371

10/13/99

# 494

(y372-n55)

1122

106-53

5/25/99

Ho 7/28/99

(uc)

106-371

10/14/99

# 326

(y87-n11)

106-79

10/25/99

2001

4576

106-644

6/1/00

6/7/00

# 241

(y367-n58)

106-754

7/19/00

# 413

(y367-n58)

2593

106-298

5/18/00

Hp 6/13/00

# 127

(y95-n3)

106-754

7/27/00

# 230

(y91-n9)

106-259

8/9/00

2002

3338

107-298

11/19/01

11/28/01

# 458

(y406-n20)

107-350

12/20/01

# 510

(y408-n6)

—

107-109

12/4/01

12/7/01

(vv)

107-350

12/20/01

#380

(y94-n2)

107-117

1/10/02

2003

5010

107-532

6/25/02

6/27/02

#270

(y413-n18)

107-732

10/10/02

#457

(y409-n14)

—

108-213

7/18/03

Hr 8/1/02

#204

(y95-n3)

107-732

10/16/02

#239

(y93-n1)

107-248

10/23/02

2004

2658

108-187

7/2/03

7/8/03

#335

(y399-n19)

108-283

9/24/03

#513

(y407-n15)

1582

108-87

7/9/03

Hs 7/17/03

#290

(y95-n0)

108-283

9/25/03

#364

(y95-n0)

108-87

9/30/03

2005

4613

108-553

6/18/04

6/22/04

#284

(y403-n17)

108-622

7/22/04

#418

(y410-n12)

2559

108-284

6/22/04

6/24/04

#149

(y98-n0)

108-622

7/22/04

#163

(y96-n0)

108-287

8/5/04

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Appropriations — House

H.R.

2006

2863

Report #

Date Reported

109-119

6/10/05

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

6/20/05

#287

(y398-n19)

Appropriations — Senate

Conf. Rept. #

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

109-359

12/19/05

#669

(y308-n106)

—

Report #

Date Reported

109-141

9/29/05

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

10/7/05

#254

(y97-n0)

Laws

Conf. Rept. #

Passed

Vote #

(yeas-nays)

109-359

12/21/2005

#366

(y93-n0)

Public Law

Signed

109-148

12/30/05

Abbreviations and Symbols:

H indicates that the Senate passed a bill with a House resolution number,

S indicates that the House passed a bill with a Senate resolution number;

( — ) dashes mean no original Senate bill, House bill number used;

vv = voice vote, uc = unanimous consent vote, dv = a division vote.

Notes:

Vote on second conference report. First conference report (91-1759) passed by the House 328-30 but tabled in the Senate.

House agreed to Tunney amendment banning any funding for activities in Angola, thus clearing this bill to be sent to the President.

A continuing resolution, which was passed instead of the normal DOD appropriations bill.

Senate incorporated text of S. 2039 into H.R. 4185, then passed it.

Both House and Senate bills were incorporated into this continuing resolution, which was passed instead of the normal DOD appropriations bill.

House inserted texts of H.R. 3678, H.R. 5119, and H.R. 5913.

Updated version of P.L. 99-500.

Senate passed S. 3189 on 10/15/90, then vitiated this action on 10/16/90, and passed H.R. 5803 in lieu.

Senate passed S. 1087, amended by recorded vote # 397 on 9/5/95, then passed H.R. 2126 in lieu on 9/8/95 by voice vote.

The President allowed H.R. 2126 to become law without his signature.

Senate substituted the text of S. 1894, then passed H.R. 3610.

Senate passed S. 1005, amended by vote # 176 on 7/15/97, then inserted text of S. 1005 into H.R. 2266, and passed it in lieu on 7/29/97 by voice vote.

m. President Clinton used his line item veto power to veto several items in this law.

Senate passed H.R. 4103 in lieu of S. 2132.

On 7/28/99 the Senate vitiated previous passage of its own defense appropriations bill (S. 1122, 6/8/99, vote # 158, 93-4), and passed H.R. 2561 after striking all but the

enacting clause and inserting the text of S. 1122.

On 6/18/00 the Senate struck all but the enacting clause of H.R. 4576 and substituted the language of S. 2593, and on 6/13/00 the Senate passed H.R. 4576 amended.

Reported out with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.

On 7/18 the committee on appropriations reported an amendment in the nature of a substitute with written report 107-213, which was passed as amended by unanimous

consent on 8/1, then substituted for the text of H.R. 5010 which was then passed on 8/1 by a vote of y95-n3 (#204).

Senate passed H.R. 2658 as amended.

Senate struck all but the enacting clause and substituted the text of S. 2559, then passed H.R. 4613.

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Definitions1

Appropriation — One form of budget authority provided by

Congress permitting federal agencies to incur obligations and to

make payments out of the Treasury for specific purposes.

Appropriated funds must be spent for purposes specifically

designated by Congress but are not necessarily spent in the year in

which they are provided.

Authorization — Establishes or maintains a government program

or agency by defining its scope. May set a specific limit on how

much Congress can appropriate for that program. Authorizing

legislation is normally a prerequisite for appropriation. An

authorization does not make money available.

Continuing Resolution — Legislation enacted by Congress to

provide budget authority for Federal agencies and programs in lieu

of regular appropriations acts. CRs may be temporary (providing

only stop-gap funding until passage of regular appropriations acts)

or full-year (substituting for one or more regular appropriations

acts).

Supplemental Appropriation — An act appropriating funds in

addition to what is provided in a regular annual appropriation act.

Military and DOD civilian pay raises are often funded in

supplemental appropriation acts.

This section taken from CRS Report RL30002, A Defense Budget Primer, by Mary T.

Tyszkiewicz and Stephen Daggett.

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Table 3. Real Growth/Decline in National Defense Funding,

FY1940-FY2009

(dollars in billions)

Fiscal

Year

Budget Authority

Constant

Real

Current

FY2005 Growth/

Dollars

Dollars Decline

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

Outlays

Constant

Real

Current

FY2005 Growth/

Dollars

Dollars Decline

1.7

30.0

6.4

97.9 226.8%

25.7

329.7 236.7%

66.7

806.5 144.6%

79.1 1,055.0

30.8%

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

39.2

44.0

9.0

9.5

10.9

740.8

637.7

138.4

122.5

149.0

-13.9%

-78.3%

-11.5%

21.6%

83.0

42.7

12.8

9.1

13.2

1,202.4

647.7

182.7

125.2

173.5

14.0%

-46.1%

-71.8%

-31.5%

38.5%

1950

1951

1952

1953

1954

16.5

57.8

67.5

56.9

38.7

187.2

488.8

594.3

522.8

383.5

25.6%

161.1%

21.6%

-12.0%

-26.7%

13.7

23.6

46.1

52.8

49.3

170.3

261.0

451.0

497.7

473.3

-1.9%

53.3%

72.8%

10.4%

-4.9%

1955

1956

1957

1958

1959

32.9

35.0

39.4

40.1

45.1

326.7

325.1

348.8

335.8

352.8

-14.8%

-0.5%

7.3%

-3.7%

5.1%

42.7

42.5

45.4

46.8

49.0

408.1

385.5

390.6

380.9

380.0

-13.8%

-5.5%

1.3%

-2.5%

-0.3%

1960

1961

1962

1963

1964

44.3

45.1

50.2

52.1

51.6

340.8

344.5

376.6

382.6

365.7

-3.4%

1.1%

9.3%

1.6%

-4.4%

48.1

49.6

52.3

53.4

54.8

370.8

369.9

390.9

395.3

391.1

-2.4%

-0.2%

5.7%

1.1%

-1.0%

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

50.6

64.4

73.1

77.2

78.5

350.6

405.6

442.8

450.8

440.8

-4.1%

15.7%

9.2%

1.8%

-2.2%

50.6

58.1

71.4

81.9

82.5

359.0

383.1

441.9

480.8

469.5

-8.2%

6.7%

15.4%

8.8%

-2.3%

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

75.3

72.7

76.4

79.1

81.5

401.0

365.7

351.6

335.6

318.2

-9.0%

-8.8%

-3.9%

-4.6%

-5.2%

81.7

78.9

79.2

76.7

79.3

436.2

398.1

369.3

336.9

322.4

-7.1%

-8.7%

-7.2%

-8.8%

-4.3%

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Fiscal

Year

Budget Authority

Constant

Real

Current

FY2005 Growth/

Dollars

Dollars Decline

Outlays

Constant

Real

Current

FY2005 Growth/

Dollars

Dollars Decline

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

86.2

97.3

110.2

117.2

126.5

307.6

321.6

334.5

329.8

328.1

-3.3%

4.6%

4.0%

-1.4%

-0.5%

86.5

89.6

97.2

104.5

116.3

315.0

305.1

307.4

307.5

316.9

-2.3%

-3.1%

0.8%

0.0%

3.1%

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

143.9

180.0

216.5

245.0

265.2

333.6

370.8

410.0

442.7

462.5

1.7%

11.1%

10.6%

8.0%

4.5%

134.0

157.5

185.3

209.9

227.4

324.9

339.5

362.6

391.0

406.7

2.5%

4.5%

6.8%

7.8%

4.0%

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

294.7

289.1

287.4

292.0

299.6

493.9

474.9

460.2

451.3

445.5

6.8%

-3.8%

-3.1%

-1.9%

-1.3%

252.7

273.4

282.0

290.4

303.6

433.2

455.1

456.5

454.8

456.0

6.5%

5.0%

0.3%

-0.4%

0.3%

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

301.2

296.2

287.7

281.1

263.3

435.2

411.5

390.8

374.2

343.2

-2.3%

-5.4%

-5.0%

-4.2%

-8.3%

297.9

296.7

286.1

283.9

278.9

435.3

417.1

389.0

376.1

360.8

-4.5%

-4.2%

-6.7%

-3.3%

-4.1%

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

266.4

266.2

270.4

271.3

292.3

340.0

332.5

330.3

323.1

339.5

-0.9%

-2.2%

-0.7%

-2.2%

5.1%

271.0

265.2

270.4

268.4

274.9

345.0

331.0

328.9

318.9

320.3

-4.4%

-4.1%

-0.6%

-3.0%

0.4%

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

304.1

335.5

362.1

456.2

460.5

344.2

368.9

387.6

476.0

469.7

1.4%

7.2%

5.1%

22.8%

-1.3%

294.5

305.5

348.6

404.9

453.7

333.5

335.6

372.3

422.5

462.1

4.1%

0.6%

10.9%

13.5%

9.4%

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

423.1

444.0

464.8

485.8

508.2

423.1

433.7

443.0

451.5

460.5

-9.9%

2.5%

2.1%

1.9%

2.0%

450.6

436.1

447.1

467.1

487.2

450.6

431.3

427.9

435.7

443.2

-2.5%

-5.3%

0.1%

1.9%

1.7%

Source: Table prepared by Stephen Daggett, CRS Specialist in National Defense, based on DOD data.

Notes: FY2005-FY2009, Administration February 2004 request. Excludes Desert Shield/Desert Storm costs

and receipts.

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Table 4. National Defense Appropriations

Since FY1993- FY2005

(budget authority in millions of dollars)

FY1993

Regular Appropriations

DOD Appropriations

MilCon Appropriations

Energy Appropriations

Other Appropriations

Offsetting Receipts

Total, Regular Appropriations

H.R. 1335, P.L. 103-24, 4/23/93

Supplemental Appropriations

H.R. 2118, P.L. 103-50, 7/2/93

Supplemental Appropriations

Offsetting Rescissions

Total, Supplemental Appropriations

FY1994

Regular Appropriations

DOD Appropriations

MilCon Appropriations

Energy Appropriations

Other Appropriations

Offsetting Receipts

Total, Regular Appropriations

H.R. 3759, P.L. 103-424, 2/12/94

Supplemental Appropriations

Offsetting Rescissions

Total, Supplemental Appropriations

FY1995

Regular Appropriations

DOD Appropriations

MilCon Appropriations

Energy Appropriations

Other Appropriations

Offsetting Receipts

Total, Regular Appropriations

H.R. 889, P.L. 104-6, 4/10/95

Supplemental Appropriations

Offsetting Rescissions

Total, Supplemental Appropriations

Request

Enacted

Difference

258,618

10,316

12,132

701

-793

280,974

253,038

8,394

12,042

1,168

-793

273,849

-5,580

-1,922

-90

467

-7,125

-1

1,440

-1,107

333

1,435

-1,107

328

241,871

9,594

11,536

992

-631

263,363

240,577

10,011

10,877

741

-716

261,491

-1,294

417

-659

-251

-85

-1,872

1,198

-907

292

1,198

-852

347

244,777

8,356

10,598

624

-690

263,665

243,466

8,850

10,334

456

-690

262,416

-1,249

2,207

-703

1,504

2,710

-2,332

349

503

-1,629

-1,155

-1,311

494

-264

-168

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FY1996

Regular Appropriations

DOD Appropriations

MilCon Appropriations

Energy Appropriations

Other Appropriations

Offsetting Receipts

Total, Regular Appropriations

H.R. 3019, P.L. 104-134, 4/26/96

Supplemental Appropriations

Offsetting Rescissions

Total, Supplemental Appropriations

FY1997

Regular Appropriations

DOD Appropriations

MilCon Appropriations

Energy Appropriations

Other Appropriations

Offsetting Receipts

Total, Regular Appropriations

H.R. 1871, P.L. 105-18, 6/12/97

Supplemental Appropriations

Offsetting Rescissionsa

Total, Supplemental Appropriations

FY1998

Regular Appropriations

DOD Appropriations

MilCon Appropriations

Energy Appropriations

Other Appropriations

Offsetting Receipts

Total, Regular Appropriations

H.R. 3579, P.L. 105-174, 5/1/98

Supplemental Appropriations

Offsetting Rescissions

Total, Supplemental Appropriations

FY1999

Regular Appropriations

DOD Appropriations

MilCon Appropriations

Energy Appropriations

Other Appropriations

Offsetting Receipts

Total, Regular Appropriations

H.R. 4328, P.L. 105-277, 10/20/98

Supplemental Appropriations

H.R. 1664/H.R. 1141, P.L. 106-31, 5/18/99

Supplemental Appropriationsb

Request

Enacted

Difference

236,344

10,698

11,116

255

-920

257,493

243,251

11,177

10,656

258

-920

264,423

6,907

479

-459

6,930

620

-960

-340

962

-1,032

-70

342

-72

270

234,678

9,132

11,066

461

-975

254,363

243,947

9,982

11,352

359

-978

264,662

9,268

850

286

-102

-3

10,300

2,098

-4,872

-2,774

1,929

-1,930

-169

2,942

2,774

243,924

8,383

13,615

686

-1,000

265,608

247,709

9,183

11,540

726

-1,169

267,989

3,785

800

-2,075

-169

2,381

2,021

2,860

839

2,021

2,860

839

250,999

7,784

12,158

776

-1,271

270,446

250,511

8,450

11,879

817

-1,266

270,390

-488

666

-279

-55

8,281

10,895

5,519

5,376

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FY2000

Regular Appropriations

DOD Appropriationsc

MilCon Appropriationsd

Energy Appropriations

Other Appropriations

Offsetting Receipts

Omnibus Appropriations 0.38% Cut

Total, Regular Appropriations

H.R. 4425, P.L. 106-246, 7/13/00

Supplemental Appropriations

H.R. 4576, P.L. 106-259, 8/9/00e

Supplemental Appropriations

FY2001

Regular Appropriations

DOD Appropriations

MilCon Appropriations

Energy Appropriations

Other Appropriations

Offsetting Receipts

Omnibus Appropriations Supplementals

Omnibus Appropriations 0.22% Cut

Total, Regular Appropriations

H.R. 2216, P.L. 107-20, 7/24/01

Supplemental Appropriations

H.R. 2888, P.L. 107-38, 9/18/01

Supplemental Appropriationsf

FY2002

Regular Appropriations

DOD Appropriations

MilCon Appropriations

Energy Appropriations

Other Appropriations

Offsetting Receipts/Mandatories

Total, Regular Appropriations

H.R. 3338, P.L. 107-117, 1/10/02g

H.R. 4775, P.L. 107-206, 8/2/2002

Supplemental Appropriationsh

Offsetting Rescissions

Total, Supplemental Appropriations

Request

Enacted

Difference

263,266

5,438

12,281

865

-1,406

280,444

267,795

8,374

12,033

849

-1,506

-1,006

286,540

4,529

2,936

-248

-16

-100

-1,006

6,095

2,288

6,757

4,469

1,779

305,313

287,806

8,834

13,657

1,132

-1,230

296

-521

309,974

3,305

800

573

236

-28

296

-521

4,661

5,841

5,834

-7

14,041

319,547

9,971

13,514

943

-540

343,435

7,467

317,624

10,500

14,697

1,150

-542

343,429

3,867

-1,923

529

1,183

207

-2

-6

-3,600

14,022

13,983

-613

13,370

-39

-613

-652

284,501

8,034

13,084

896

-1,202

14,022

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FY2003

DOD Appropriations

MilCon Appropriations

Energy Appropriations

Other Appropriations

Offsetting Receipts/Mandatories

Total, Regular Appropriations

H.J.Res. 2, P.L. 108-7, 2/20/2003

DOD Appropriations

H.R. 1559, P.L. 108-11, 4/12/2003

Supplemental Appropriations

FY2004

DOD Appropriations

MilCon Appropriations

Omnibus Appropriations

Energy Appropriations

Other Appropriations

Offsetting Receipts/Mandatoriesi

Total, Regular Appropriations

H.R. 2673, P.L. 108-199, 1/23/2004

Consolidated Appropriations Rescission

H.R. 3289/S. 1689, P.L. 108-106, 11/6/03

Supplemental Appropriations

H.R. 4613, P.L. 108-287j

Defense Emergency Appropriations

Reappropriation of FY2004 Funds

In FY2005 bill charged to FY2004

FY2005

DOD Appropriations

MilCon Appropriations

Energy Appropriations

Other Appropriations

Offsetting Receipts/Mandatories

Total, Regular Appropriations

H.R. 4837, P.L. 108-324 /k/

Hurricane Emergency Supplemental

H.R. 1268, P.L. 109-13

Defense Supplemental Appropriations

TOTAL

Request

Enacted

Difference

366,672

9,664

15,860

1,472

-831

392,837

355,107

10,499

15,898

1,482

-959

382,027

-11,564

835

-128

-10,809

10,000

62,587

62,583

-4

372,346

9,117

368,712

9,316

-1,800

16,417

2,447

3,502

398,594

-3,635

199

-1,800

-238

3,505

-1,882

-1,800

65,560

65,251

-309

25,000

1,800

500

1,800

500

16,655

2,360

-3

400,476

392,824

9,553

16,722

1,697

1,360

422,157

390,870

10,003

17,220

1,697

1,360

421,151

-1,954

450

498

921

909

74,980

75,888

42,384

3,864,864

3,907,248

42,384

1,007

Source: Table prepared by Stephen Daggett, CRS Specialist in National Defense, based on DOD

data.

Notes: Detailed FY2006 Appropriations figures not yet available from DoD.

a. Administration rescissions request includes $4.8 billion in authority for the Secretary of Defense

to make cuts in previously appropriated funds up to that amount.

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b. Of the enacted amount, $1,838 million was for pay and benefit improvements beginning in FY2000.

Senate considered only the conference report.

c. Total enacted includes $7,200 million in emergency appropriations.

d. Request also proposed $3,061 million of advance FY2001 appropriations.

e. Supplemental FY2000 appropriations provided in the regular FY2001 defense appropriations bill.

f. The bill appropriated $40 billion for counter-terrorism, reconstruction etc., of which $20 billion was

available when released by the President and another $20 billion required subsequent approval

in a later appropriations act. The total shown here is the amount of the initial $20 billion made

available for defense programs, which CBO is scoring as FY2001 funding.

g. Amount of the second $20 billion for counter-terrorism, etc., provided for national defense

programs in the emergency supplemental appropriations bill attached to the regular defense

appropriations bill, which CBO scored as FY2002 funding.

h. Congress appropriated $14,381.6 million for defense (including military construction), but $1,011.9

billion was provided as contingent emergency appropriations, which the President did not

designate as an emergency.

i. Enacted total includes $3,613 million in mandatory spending for Boeing 767 leases included in the

FY2004 National Defense Authorization Act.

j. FY2004 funds provided in a separate title of the regular FY2005 Defense Appropriations Act.

k. Hurricane Emergency Supplemental appropriations were provided in a separate title in

the FY2005 Military Construction Appropriations bill.

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Table 5. Congressional Action on Annual Department of

Defense Appropriations Requests, FY1950-FY2005

(new budget authority in millions of current year dollars)

1950

1951

1952

1953

1954

13,321

13,038

55,944

49,036

33,639

13,376

12,849

54,424

43,889

34,353

13,268

12,955

58,081

44,094

34,431

12,766

12,955

55,226

44,302

34,291

Change

from

Request

-555

-83

-718

-4,734

652

1955

1956

1957

1958

1959

29,842

32,205

34,148

36,193

38,787

28,650

31,460

33,635

33,563

38,410

29,138

31,855

34,784

34,392

40,043

28,766

31,855

34,657

33,760

39,603

-1,076

-350

509

-2,433

816

1960

1961

1962

1963

1964

39,248

49,355

42,942

47,907

49,104

38,848

39,338

42,711

47,839

47,082

39,594

40,515

46,848

48,429

47,340

39,228

39,997

46,663

48,136

47,220

-20

-9,358

3,720

229

-1,884

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

47,471

46,852

57,664

71,584

77,074

46,759

45,067

58,616

70,295

72,240

46,774

46,756

58,190

70,132

71,887

46,752

46,766

58,067

69,937

71,870

-719

-86

403

-1,647

-5,204

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

75,278

68,746

73,544

79,600

77,240

69,960

66,807

71,048

74,576

74,091

60,323

66,417

70,349

74,572

73,254

69,641

66,596

70,518

74,373

73,704

-5,638

-2,150

-3,025

-5,227

-3,536

1975

1976

19TQ

1977

1978

1979

87,057

97,858

23,118

107,964

113,877

119,300

82,984

90,219

21,675

105,397

110,082

119,019

81,584

90,722

21,850

104,014

109,805

116,423

82,096

90,467

21,861

104,344

111,184

117,256

-4,961

-7,391

-1,257

-3,621

-2,693

-2,045

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

132,321

154,496

200,878

249,550

260,840

129,524

157,211

197,443

230,216

246,505

131,661

160,848

208,676

233,389

252,101

130,981

159,739

199,691

231,496

248,852

-1,339

5,242

-1,187

-18,054

-11,988

Fiscal

Year

Request

House

Senate

Enacted

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1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

292,101

303,830

298,883

291,216

283,159

268,172

268,727

264,957

268,131

282,603

277,989

282,584

276,883

277,886

282,572

274,278

281,038

273,801

278,825

282,412

Change

from

Request

-17,823

-22,792

-25,082

-12,391

-747

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

288,237

287,283

270,936

261,134

241,082

286,476

267,824

270,566

251,867

239,602

288,217

268,378

270,258

250,686

239,178

286,025

268,188

269,911

253,789

240,570

-2,211

-19,095

-1,025

-7,345

-512

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

244,450

236,344

234,678

243,924

250,999

243,573

243,998

245,217

248,335

250,727

243,628

242,684

244,897

247,185

250,519

243,628

243,251

243,947

247,709

258,097

-822

6,907

9,268

3,785

7,098

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

263,266

284,501

319,547

366,672

372,346

268,662

288,513

317,624

354,713

369,190

264,693

287,631

317,623

355,406

369,165

267,795

287,806

317,624

355,107

368,712

4,529

3,305

-1,923

-11,564

-3,635

2005

392,824

391,170

384,012

390,870

-1,954

Fiscal

Year

Request

House

Senate

Enacted

Sources: Table prepared by Stephen Daggett, CRS Specialist in National Defense, based on DOD

data: for FY1950-74, DOD FAD Table 809, issued Oct. 21, 1974; for FY1975-82, and FY1989-2005,

annual Appropriations Committee conference reports; for FY1983-88, DOD Comptroller, annual

reports on congressional action on appropriations requests (FAD-28 tables).

Notes: Amounts are for the basic DOD appropriations bill only. Amounts exclude military

construction (including family housing), military assistance program, and, except for FY1999,

supplemental appropriations. Before the mid-1980s, supplemental appropriations were provided

annually for pay raises and sometimes included substantial amounts for contingencies. In the FY1951

budget, Congress provided $32.8 billion in supplemental appropriations mainly for Korean War costs.

Congress also provided supplemental appropriations of $12.0 billion in FY1966 and $12.2 billion in

FY1967, mainly for Vietnam War costs. Supplemental amounts in other years ranged from zero in

FY1953, FY1954, FY1955, and FY1957 to $4.8 billion in FY1974. Total for FY1999 includes

$7,586 million in supplemental appropriations for DOD programs normally provided in the regular

Defense Appropriations bill. FY2005 level does not include emergency appropriations of $26,339

million.

Detailed FY2006 Appropriations figures not yet available from DOD.

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